Hypertext Webster Gateway: "permeated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Permeate \Per"me*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Permeated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Permeating}.] [L. permeatus, p. p. of permeare to
permeate; per + meare to go, pass.]
1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate
and pass through without causing rupture or displacement;
-- applied especially to fluids which pass through
substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
--Woodward.

2. To enter and spread through; to pervade.

God was conceived to be diffused throughout the
whole world, to permeate and pervade all things.
--Cudworth.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

permeated
adj : occurring throughout; "her poems are permeated with sorrow"


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